Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 144

DEFINING BLIND PERSON

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 23, TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A BLIND PERSON.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. § 2301, Title 31 of the Delaware Code is amended by striking out and repealing the definition of "Blind" contained therein, and by inserting and enacting in lieu thereof a definition of "Blind person" to read as follows:

"Blind person" means one who is totally blind or has visual acuity of not more than 20/200 in the better eye with correction or whose vision is limited in field so that the widest diameter subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.

Approved May 19, 1955.